tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917841788609268179.post7405182862328213024..comments2011-03-15T13:45:57.796-07:00Comments on To the brave belong all things: It's better to give...Chris Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04860945143205990986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917841788609268179.post-18951124280883120112010-07-04T20:55:58.076-07:002010-07-04T20:55:58.076-07:00Herr Allen,
After reading this, I related the con...Herr Allen,<br /><br />After reading this, I related the content to my own experience and this one line made me think... <br /><br />&quot;without any expectation that your mentoring of them will benefit you.&quot;<br /><br />I&#39;d suggest that there is a real gain, if somewhat intangible, for anyone who engages in mentoring. It comes not as an annual bonus or special mention but in seeing someone who was floundering really hit their straps in a role.<br /><br />Knowing you were able to contribute to help that happen is incredibly satisfying. If they were in your team, of course, you will also get the reward of increased output or quality.<br /><br />There are incentives everywhere, find them for yourself and others and you&#39;ll dilute pure capitalism with a shot of mentoring moonshine.Gurrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12891746304539934132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917841788609268179.post-18000267210893208382010-06-28T01:27:38.000-07:002010-06-28T01:27:38.000-07:00Great article Chris! I must say, I have had the pr...Great article Chris! I must say, I have had the privaledge of being mentored by people in my family over the years. One a fantastic uncle that treated my brother and I like his own, and the other being my father. Both have been able to give guidence in all aspects of life: personal, money, career - and this has given me the ability to create the career, the homelife and the life that I am living now. I am forever grateful and cant wait for the chance to mentor someone myself.Mark Ehlershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04296312680585502868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917841788609268179.post-54570905791095373112010-06-27T21:32:38.538-07:002010-06-27T21:32:38.538-07:00Your blog started me thinking back through my life...Your blog started me thinking back through my life, recalling those who provided a spark of insight, a gentle nudge in the right direction or the opportunity to contemplate the pathways available to me.<br /><br />I&#39;m in the enviable position of having benefited from several great mentors over the years. The first, and greatest, was my Dad; I know many people would automatically think that fatherhood is all about mentoring and is a category of it&#39;s own. I agree, but having become a father myself last year I&#39;m re-learning just how awesome a role model I was lucky enough to have.<br /><br />Other exceptional people have mentored me while I was a cadet and during my 20-odd years in Defence and government. All added to my personal, as well as professional, development; none sought reward or any form of quid pro quo. To invest such time and effort in such a way is a truly selfless act. I suspect I never appropriately thanked my mentors, you know - I have some letters to write...Steve Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17930291924814479097noreply@blogger.com